Busy, Busy...

October 1, 2006
This weekend, we started going through a copy of our profile books that birthmoms have been looking at. We're planning on updating some of the pages, since it's been over a year since we made the books. Although our caseworker still thinks our books are "cute," we feel like it would be a disservice to a birthmom by giving an inacurate representation of ourselves. Changing our books may not necessarily "make us look better" to birthparents; we just think it would be appropriate for our books to keep up with our life changes. It seems reasonable that birthparents would appreciate a current view of our life. (And some of the photos are really old!) It is always a challenge to represent an ongoing 3-dimensional life on 2-dimensional pages! I mean, think about it... who were you one or two or three years ago, and what were you doing?

So, we ordered about $100 worth of office supplies/printer ink to do the two additional books the agency has requested, as well as the updates for the existing books. (Here's hoping for a Staples rebate...) We're not sure how long it will take to update our pages, so for now, we will keep our "old" books in the offices. With Calvin using the computer for some classes he's taking now, we have to take turns on the computer!

Then, for fun, I worked on wall decorations in the nursery! About a month ago, my secret sister gave me a package of special large "wall stickers" in the shape of moon & star designs! (Thank you!) I put them up above the crib, and was thrilled to see the rosy red cheeks of the smiling, dancing stars brighten up the room. It seems more "happy" in there now! I took pictures, so hopefully we'll get them developed soon, and I can post them.

The sling carrier I had ordered also arrived last week, which is really exciting. We now have a method to go out of the house/car with our baby (maybe the grocery store or church?), since we won't be using one of those big bulky plastic carrier seats. You can view it here: Lucky Baby. It's the turquoise dot color.

For those of you who have been asking/wondering... no, we haven't heard any updates from our caseworker this week. It's not unusual to have our profile books shown, and not hear anything further. So, we've learned not to "get our hopes up" with each showing. We just see it as an opportunity to pray for a specific mom, while we wait for our baby.